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What U.S. data should be used to measure the price elasticity of demand for alcohol?

Ruhm, Christopher J.; Jones, Alison Snow; McGeary, … - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 6, pp. 851-862

This paper examines how estimates of the price elasticity of demand for beer vary with the choice of alcohol price series examined. Our most important finding is that the commonly used ACCRA price data are unlikely to reliably indicate alcohol demand elasticities—estimates obtained from this...

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One Last Puff? Public Smoking Bans and Smoking Behavior

Anger, Silke; Kvasnicka, Michael; Siedler, Thomas - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 3, pp. 591-601

This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008 …, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's federal states. We exploit this variation to identify … the effect that smoke-free policies had on individuals’ smoking propensity and smoking intensity. Using rich longitudinal …

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Premium subsidies and social health insurance: Substitutes or complements?

Kifmann, Mathias; Roeder, Kerstin - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1207-1218

Premium subsidies have been advocated as an alternative to social health insurance. These subsidies are paid if expenditure on health insurance exceeds a given share of income. In this paper, we examine whether this approach is superior to social health insurance from a welfare perspective. We...

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Employer contribution and premium growth in health insurance

Liu, Yiyan; Jin, Ginger Zhe - In: Journal of Health Economics 39 (2015) C, pp. 228-247

We study whether employer premium contribution schemes could impact the pricing behavior of health plans and contribute to rising premiums. Using 1991–2011 data before and after a 1999 premium subsidy policy change in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), we find that the...

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Increased instruction time and stress-related health problems among school children

Marcus, Jan; Reif, Simon; Wuppermann, Amélie; Rouche, … - In: Journal of Health Economics 70 (2020)

While several studies suggest that stress-related mental health problems among school children are related to specific elements of schooling, empirical evidence on this causal relationship is scarce. We examine a German schooling reform that increased weekly instruction time and study its...

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The effect of Medicaid premiums on enrollment: A regression discontinuity approach

Dague, Laura - In: Journal of Health Economics 37 (2014) C, pp. 1-12

This paper estimates the effect that premiums in Medicaid have on the length of enrollment of program beneficiaries. Whether and how low income-families will participate in the exchanges and in states’ Medicaid programs depends crucially on the structure and amounts of the premiums they will...

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Revisiting the relationship between nurse staffing and quality of care in nursing homes: An instrumental variables approach

Lin, Haizhen - In: Journal of Health Economics 37 (2014) C, pp. 13-24

This paper revisits the relationship between nurse staffing and quality of care in nursing homes using an instrumental variables approach. Most prior studies rely on cross-sectional evidence, which renders causal inference problematic and policy recommendations inappropriate. We exploit...

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The importance of parental knowledge: Evidence from weight report cards in Mexico

Prina, Silvia; Royer, Heather - In: Journal of Health Economics 37 (2014) C, pp. 232-247

The rise of childhood obesity in less developed countries is often overlooked. We study the impact of body weight report cards in Mexico. The report cards increased parental knowledge and shifted parental attitudes about children's weight. We observe no meaningful changes in parental behaviors...

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The welfare value of FDA's mercury-in-fish advisory: A dynamic reanalysis

Rheinberger, Christoph M.; Hammitt, James K. - In: Journal of Health Economics 37 (2014) C, pp. 113-122

Assessing the welfare impact of consumer health advisories is a thorny task. Recently, Shimshack and Ward (2010) studied how U.S. households responded to FDA's 2001 mercury-in-fish advisory. They found that the average at-risk household reduced fish consumption by 21%, resulting in a...

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Impacts of the Affordable Care Act dependent coverage provision on health-related outcomes of young adults

Barbaresco, Silvia; Courtemanche, Charles J.; Qi, Yanling - In: Journal of Health Economics 40 (2015) C, pp. 54-68

The first major insurance expansion of the Affordable Care Act – a provision requiring insurers to allow dependents to remain on parents’ health insurance until turning 26 – took effect in September 2010. We estimate this mandate's impacts on numerous outcomes related to health care...

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